LOTT, Frank West
| Service Number: | 2603 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, 2 years senior cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 2 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Georgetown, New South Wales, Australia, 27 February 1942, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-10NE. 31. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2603, 36th Infantry Battalion, 2 years senior cadets | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2603, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2603, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 26 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2603, 36th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - wounding GSW right knee |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
81 years ago today, on the Saturday morning of the 28th February 1942, Private Frank West Lott, 36th Battalion (Reg No-2603), labourer from the Centennial Hotel, Newcastle, New South Wales and 2 Bedford Street, Georgetown N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 46. PRESBYTERIAN-10NE. 31.
Born at Islington, New South Wales on the 2nd July 1895 to Frank West and Emily Jane Lott (HUTCHINSON); husband of Jessie M Lott nee Harvey (married 1920, Hamilton, N.S.W., died?), Frank enlisted September 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 30.4.1917 (GSW right knee).
Mr. Lott’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour Board 1, Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates and the Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of Frank’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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